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The Piltover Gazette

Hard numbers, vibed takes

Today

HLE v IG TES v G2 DK v MKOI GEN v LYON

Milestone Watch Zeka 1 game from 50 ShowMaker 7 assists from 500 +5 more +6

The Last Upset+ overheard

LYON Face Gen.G, the Last Korean Team NA Beat at Worlds

Team Liquid beat Gen.G in October 2021. No North American team has won a Worlds series against a Korean team since.

The full numbers →

On This Day

25 October at Worlds

2020

Suning beat Top Esports 3–1

Semifinals

Playing today: Top Esports, 369, JackeyLove

  • 2025

    Top Esports beat Bilibili Gaming 2–1

    Swiss Round 5

    Playing today: Top Esports, Kanavi, 369, Creme, JackeyLove

  • 2015

    KOO Tigers beat Fnatic 3–0

    Semifinals

All 6 series from 25 October →

Who Am I?

One player at Worlds 2026

My first pro team was Young Miracles.

Clue 2 →

One Final, No Rematch+ overheard

Zeus and TheShy Meet for the First Time Since the 2023 Final

T1 swept Weibo Gaming 3–0 that day, and it’s still the only official series the two top laners have ever played against each other.

3–0

Zeus’s game record against TheShy, all in the 2023 Worlds final

45–16

Zeus’s Worlds game record before tonight

32–20

TheShy’s Worlds game record before tonight

Old Scores

Two Exits+ overheard

JackeyLove’s Teams Have Ended Caps’s Worlds Twice

IG beat his Fnatic 3–0 in the 2018 final, and TES knocked his G2 out 3–1 in last year’s quarterfinal.

4–7

Caps’s teams’ series record against JackeyLove’s, all official competitions

Left Over From 2021

Elyoya’s Teams Have Never Beaten ShowMaker’s

They met four times in 2021, and the last was a 3–0 in the Worlds quarterfinal, still the only time these two clubs have met at Worlds.

0–4

Elyoya’s teams’ series record against ShowMaker’s


Milestone Watch

Reached on 24 Oct

  • 100

    kills

    Hope

    Anyone's Legend

  • 50

    games

    Kiin

    Gen.G

  • 50

    games

    Elyoya

    Movistar KOI

Within reach today

  • 500

    assists

    ShowMaker

    Dplus Kia

    7 to go

  • 100

    kills

    BrokenBlade

    G2 Esports

    5 to go

  • 50

    games

    Zeka

    Hanwha Life Esports

    1 to go

  • 100

    kills

    Jojopyun

    Movistar KOI

    8 to go


Who Am I?

One player at Worlds 2026

1 My first pro team was Young Miracles.

Clue 2 →

2 I later played for Weibo Gaming, the club I had once joined when it was called Suning.

Clue 3 →

3 On the way to my world title I won all five of my games on Gragas.

Clue 4 →

4 Tonight I face G2 Esports, the team I swept in a Worlds final.

Show the answer →

Tian

Top Esports

Last edition’s answer: Elyoya (Movistar KOI)